Gentle posts for gentle folks

[CallMeKate]

Good morning Kaila & Gang! I'm living on the set of Frozen according to what I see from the windows. Everything is solid ice after a sleet and freezing rain storm yesterday. I'm so glad I don't need to go anywhere for a few days yet! There were many accidents in the area yesterday and last night and sadly, some were fatal. I hope everyone here is staying safe and warm.

 

[katlupe]

Good Morning, Kaila & Friends! I hope you all have a nice Saturday! I am trying to catch up on my household chores. Not going to do too many though.

 

[Medusa]

Good Afternoon, Kaila and Friends

It's cold here today, but I feel blessed that we haven't had ice or snow as our @CallMeKate, and @RadishRose are having to deal with today. Yeesh; you guys stay safe and warm.

I'm back on my regular schedule today which means quitting it with the cookies already.
Well, maybe one.

Husband is working a closing shift tonight and as you'll know from my whining about it, boyfriend is away in London.

I've finished all my "things" for the day and am settling with my PC game and maybe some AHL hockey.

Wishing everyone here a lovely, peaceful and warm Saturday afternoon.

 

[Kaila]

Hello to all of you and plenty of

Honestly this past 10 days and the next 10, are some of my most difficult ones, each year.

Each time I handle it the best I am able, which vascillates many times, every 24 hours.

Once again, I'll hang on, and continue to cope.

Thank you, each one of you, for being here.
Your presence and the responses and various wonderful forms of input, here, mean so much to me.

 

[Kaila]

I'm watching wild birds out my window.

Sometimes there are none.

At other moments, any of them might appear.
It means so much to me.

They are one of the signs of continued life.
Peaceful... reassuring signs.

 

[Medusa]

this past 10 days and the next 10, are some of my most difficult ones, each year.

Halfway there.

If I'm not here, I'll get an email alert if you PM me, so I'm here if you need some company.

 

[Jules]

Does anyone have annual bird counts in your area? Our numbers may be interesting this year. My friend mentioned they have very few, even around their feeders. When she said that, we noticed the same thing.

 

[Medusa]

Does anyone have annual bird counts in your area? Our numbers may be interesting this year. My friend mentioned they have very few, even around their feeders. When she said that, we noticed the same thing.

Apparently, an annual Christmas Bird Count is done here between December 14 and January 5th. I'll be interested to see if it is significantly different this year as compared to last year.

I'm glad you brought this up because I wasn't aware it was a thing and I'm interested.

 

[Kaila]

Halfway there. View attachment 476042

If I'm not here, I'll get an email alert if you PM me, so I'm here if you need some company.

Halfway there. Thank you for that.
And for every word of your post.

Does anyone have annual bird counts in your area? Our numbers may be interesting this year. My friend mentioned they have very few, even around their feeders. When she said that, we noticed the same thing.

Thank you for that idea. It was good for me to spend a few minutes, to look it up.
And yes they do. I probably will not directly participate in it, but it was a welcome suggested action, for me to look.

 

[Kaila]

I wasn't able to sleep, during the much needed nap time, this afternoon;
but at least I rested, I always tell myself when that happens.

Then I managed to do a bit of cleanup in the kitchen, (in order to make supper prep possible)

And I finally got the first one of my amaryllis bulbs, into a pot with a bit of soil and sand.

It has grown 2 bud stalks that are a foot tall!
Without any soil or water!

But I had never waited that long before, and did not want to wake up one morning and find it collapsed; Or to learn that the buds perhaps could not develop petals without water from the roots.

So I'm glad it's in a pot now, and the pot is setting in a deep saucer of warm water.

So that it might think it's in a warm tropical paradise instead of freezing snow country.

I hope it cannot see out the window.


I like plants, a lot.

 

[Kaila]

Good morning dear friends.

It snowed here about 6 inches over night. I hear the roads are bad.
How about you @Kaila ?
So nice to read you all.

We didnt get any additional snowfall yesterday or today, after the large amount we had gotten.
But it was extremely cold out, yesterday and today.

Tomorrow is going to have sunshine and then snow, and then warm up and have freezing rain.

Haven't been out and not planning to go out.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Merry Christmas and happy Boxing Day.
Good Evening Kaila and friends.
I can’t believe i forgot you people during Christmas but I did.
Good Evening .Friends !
I hope you enjoyed the first days of Christmas.

 

[Pam]

Does anyone have annual bird counts in your area? Our numbers may be interesting this year. My friend mentioned they have very few, even around their feeders. When she said that, we noticed the same thing.

The RSPB in UK does an annual 'Big Garden Birdwatch' and I've just recently sent for the pack which contains a leaflet with all the different birds to look for. As I don't have a garden, only a very small concreted yard, I go to the nearby park and doing my birdwatching there and this has to be done over a period of one hour, ticking off the different species and the number of each species seen. I can then submit my findings online.

I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Pinky]

For you bird-lovers .. my long-time friend in New Brunswick, sent me this recent photo. I don't know what species of bird it is.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

For you bird-lovers .. my long-time friend in New Brunswick, sent me this recent photo. I don't know what species of bird it is.

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It’s a chickadee. One of my favourite birds